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Temminck it is found about the estuaries of the rivers Ob 

 and Lena. Professor Nilsson mentions two instances only 

 in which this bird has been obtained in Scandinavia, once 

 in 1793, and once in 1830. Its migrations are said to 

 have been more regularly observed in Denmark ; and 

 Faber includes it in his Prodromus of the Ornithology of 

 Iceland. It appears to have been obtained more frequently 

 in England than in any of the countries around it. The 

 first example was taken near London during the severe 

 frost of 1766. This specimen passed into the possession 

 of Mr. Tunstall, and is now preserved in the Museum of 

 Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Another was captured alive in 

 Yorkshire about the same time, soon became tame, and 

 was kept with some ducks in a pond. A third was killed 

 near Berwick-upon-Tweed, and formed part of Mr. Bul- 

 lock's celebrated collection. This specimen is now pre- 

 served in the British Museum. The authors of the Cata- 

 logue of Norfolk and Suffolk Birds state that Mr. Wigg 

 had a specimen of this rare Goose, which was killed at 

 Halvergate in Norfolk, in the year 1805. He says its 

 flesh was well-flavoured. It has been elsewhere noticed 

 that the flesh was free from any fishy taste, and in great 

 esteem for the table. Other specimens are stated to have 

 been killed in Cambridgeshire during the severe winter of 

 1813; and Dr. Edward Moore, in his Catalogue of the 

 Birds of Devonshire, has recorded two instances of this 

 Goose having been obtained in that county. One was shot 

 on Kenton Warren in 1828, and is now in the possession of 

 Mr. W. Russell, at Dawlish : the second was killed on 

 Teign marshes, February 1st, 1837, by Ren dell of Buck- 

 land, and was prepared and preserved by Mr. Drew. But 

 one example is mentioned by M. Temminck as having 

 been killed in Holland ; but one in France, recorded by 

 M. Vieillot as having been killed near Strasbourg; and one 



